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Testicular circulatory isolation in man: Comparison of radionuclide angiography with doppler evaluation
Author(s) -
Farr Susan A.,
Littlefield James L.,
Fletcher James W.,
Camacho David W.,
Johnson Frank E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930540115
Subject(s) - medicine , radionuclide angiography , circulatory system , blood flow , pertechnetate , angiography , nuclear medicine , radiology , technetium , testicle , doppler effect , doppler sonography , cardiology , heart failure , ejection fraction , physics , astronomy
Testicular circulatory isolation (TCI) holds promise as a method to avoid drug‐induced infertility in male patients about to receive cancer chemotherapy. Complete exclusion of blood flow to the testicle is essential to the success of this technique. We have compared the hand‐held Doppler probe and radionuclide angiography (technetium‐99m pertechnetate) as monitors of testicular blood flow in 10 patients subjected to unilateral TCI. When Doppler evaluation indicated that testicular circulation had been interrupted, the radionuclide angiogram uniformly confirmed and quantified this conclusion. These results validate the hand‐held Doppler as an appropriate tool for assessing testicular blood flow in patients undergoing TCI. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.